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  Professional Wrestling Online Museum - Ring Chronicle Hall of Fame Inductee - Ed "the Strangler" Lewis
Ed Lewis was a true pioneer of the sport and one of its earliest and most dominant champions.
Ed Lewis also used a variation of what is now known as The Sleeper hold, which appeared to the public at the time as though he was strangling his opponent.
Lewis, probably the most accomplished submission wrestler in the sport during the early 1900's, was feared and respected both inside and outside of the ring for his extensive knowledge of amateur wrestling, and even more for his wide array of crippling wrestling holds known as "hooks".
www.wrestlingmuseum.com /pages/bios/halloffame/lewisbio.html   (1069 words)

  
 C. S. Lewis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lewis is known for his work on medieval literature, for his Christian apologetics and for his fiction, especially the children’s series entitled The Chronicles of Narnia and his science fiction Space Trilogy.
Lewis taught as a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, for nearly thirty years, from 1925 to 1954, and later was the first Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Lewis was a prolific writer and a member of the literary discussion society The Inklings with his friends J.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/C._S._Lewis   (4181 words)

  
 The Story They Couldn't Tell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The seeds of Ed Lewis' immortality were planted in the small towns of Wisconsin, Minnesota and later in the Dakotas and as far west as Montana and Wyoming.
Ed Lewis liked to sneak into those tournaments: "I got to be able to act like a cowboy or a lumberjack good enough to fool them," he recalled.
Lewis' first big break came in 1911 when, in the ornate opera house in Louisville, Ky., he took on a man who was already a legend in his time, the fabled Dr. Benjamin Roller.
www.1wrestlinglegends.com /wawli/jmk30.htm   (2373 words)

  
 SI.com - NCAA Basketball - Oregon State basketball great Lewis dies at 95 - Tuesday January 31, 2006 3:55PM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Lewis, who died Sunday in his hometown, Salem, is one of just five men's players whose numbers have been retired.
Lewis was team captain and led the Beavers in scoring as a senior with a total of 282 points, 10.4 points per game.
Lewis was inducted into the Pacific-10 Conference's Hall of Honor last spring and is a member of the Oregon State Athletics Hall of Fame.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2006/basketball/ncaa/01/31/bc.bkc.obit.lewis.ap/index.html   (274 words)

  
 Speakers Platform Speakers Bureau: Ed Lewis, Speaker On: Entrepreneurship, Media / Broadcast / Print, Publishing, ...
Lewis graduated from the University of New Mexico with a bachelor's degree in political science and international relations.
Lewis was well on his way to becoming a loan officer when his career took a dramatic turn after he attended a conference on African Americans in business.
Lewis is a strong advocate of community involvement and contributes both personal time and financial support to a number of civic, educational, and arts organizations.
www.speaking.com /speakers/edlewis.html   (637 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Education / Higher education / Genetics researcher Ed Lewis dies at 86   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Ed Lewis, a 1995 Nobel Prize winner for his studies into how genes regulate development of specific regions of the body, has died of cancer.
Lewis was born May 20, 1918, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. As an adolescent he became interested in the genetics of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, and performed genetic experiments on the fly while a high school freshman.
Lewis retired from faculty duties in 1988 but until recently kept an active schedule in his campus laboratory.
www.boston.com /news/education/higher/articles/2004/07/24/genetics_researcher_ed_lewis_dies_at_86?mode=PF   (382 words)

  
 Guardian | Ed Lewis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
During his 16 years as director of the Riverside cinema, in Hammersmith, west London, Ed Lewis, who has died aged 55, gave the centre an identity that was a part of him, and gave much to the capital's film culture.
Ed brought people together through their cinematic stories; for him, the arts were a vital part of the community.
Ed was a socialist, a member of the board of the Notting Hill Housing Trust, an Italophile who revelled in the riches of other cultures, and a private and reserved man, of simple but refined tastes, who was also always sociable, hospitable, and a loyal and genuine friend.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4648339-103684,00.html   (380 words)

  
 SoCal UNCENSORED Forums - HOF: Ed Lewis bio from me
Lewis, when he did wrestle, generally did what the promoters told him, alleviating their fears that he might try to double cross them.
Knowing Lewis to be superior to him, George complied and the two wrestled an exciting match with Lewis winning his forth World Championship according to the original lineage, and his first AWA title.
Lewis and Londos were perhaps too convincing in making it appear as a legitimate contest, as the Chicago Tribune described the match as "on the square" although boring, none the less.
www.socaluncensored.com /board/showthread.php3?t=236   (1658 words)

  
 Ed Lewis Once a College Coach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Lewis never attended college, but his general knowledge of all branches of sport made him a valuable man as coach.
Lewis is out with an offer to wager $5,000 that he will defeat his rival for the title.
Lewis declares he has increased the crushing power of his deadly headlock, the hold that almost wrecked the last tournament held in New York.
www.1wrestlinglegends.com /wawli/jmk01.htm   (459 words)

  
 Real Estate Weekly: Hotel brokers mark 50 years - Profile of the Week: Ed Lewis of Brener & Lewis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The walls of Ed Lewis' office on East 57th Street contain a rather impressive assortment of framed awards, photographs, and acknowledgements from peers.
In fact, Brener & Lewis, one of the world's oldest and most recognized hotel brokerage firms, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and its president, Ed Lewis, is still an active player in the hospitality marketplace.
Ed Lewis, whose partner Dan Brener passed away 23 years ago, is the networking king of the hotel industry.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3601/is_n27_v41/ai_16518663   (729 words)

  
 Just A Kiss   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Lewis, who wanted to contact his own people and recover his memory, which he assured Ed was just suppressed in reaction to the torture he had undergone at the hands of those that had held them both prisoner.
Ed was sitting on the edge of the bed gripping his hands tightly between his knees.
Lewis was sitting on the bed cross legged, his eyes looked glassy and his breath was shallow, and one hand was pressed to his temple.
josecheung.slashcity.net /jcheung/prey/cj/justakiss.html   (1960 words)

  
 Caltech Press Release, 7/22/2004, Dr. Ed Lewis, Edward Lewis
Born May 20, 1918, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Lewis as an adolescent became interested in the genetics of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, which was already being touted as an excellent animal for research by Caltech's Thomas Hunt Morgan.
Lewis published several research papers while still a college student, and soon after the war was a recognized expert in the field of fly genetics.
Lewis is survived by his wife of 57 years, Pam Lewis; and two sons, Keith Lewis of Redwood City, California, and Hugh Lewis of Bellingham, Washington.
pr.caltech.edu /media/Press_Releases/PR12560.html   (536 words)

  
 Obsessed With Wrestling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Ed Lewis is probably the most accomplished submission wrestler in the sport during the early 1900's..
Ed Lewis was feared and respected both inside and outside of the ring for his extensive knowledge of crippling submission holds..
Ed Lewis lost his sight after a siege of trachoma early in his career but recovered and credited the recovery to prayer..
www.obsessedwithwrestling.com /profiles/e/ed-lewis.html   (471 words)

  
 Canton Daily Ledger: News Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Ed's father was a registered pharmacist who became the sole owner of a drug store in Beardstown.
Ed Lewis is the foremost Canton historian, having published "Reflections of Canton in a Pharmacist's Show Globe" in 1967.
Lewis built a Spoon River Drug Store that would have been in its heyday at the turn of the century and is displayed in Southern Illinois School of Medicine in Springfield.
www.cantondailyledger.com /articles/2005/05/05/news/news1.txt   (479 words)

  
 Pesek on Playing 'Policeman' for Ed Lewis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Pesek is not interested in money, for, in addition to his big farm at Ravenna, Neb., his farm equipment and his table of racing greyhounds (one of the finest in the world), he has a fortune of more than $300,000.
Lewis, at his peak, probably was just a little bit better than I was, but only because of his great weight.
Lewis ran out of that match and I was elected to take his place.
www.oleanderson.com /wawli/jmk21.htm   (1770 words)

  
 Deliverance (1972)
Ed frantically searches inside the man's mouth to identify him but remains uncertain whether he is the toothless man. He hurls both his bow and the man's shotgun into the river far below, and then slowly lowers the corpse down the gorge's cliff face at the end of a rope.
Ed: Drew was a good husband to his wife Linda and you were a wonderful father to your boys, Drew - Jimmie and Billie Ray.
Ed lies back in his wife's arms - unable to rest and experience 'deliverance' from his recurring nightmare of their experience with extreme violence.
www.filmsite.org /deli2.html   (2115 words)

  
 Ed Lewis '53 Retires
Ed Lewis was a part of the McCallie community for a half-century.
As a teacher, he put the fear of God into generations of boys, and the fear of Ed into generations of future computer scientists, chemists, doctors and engineers, dozens of whom recognize him as the chief reason for their success in the sciences in college and in their careers.
Lewis’ classmate, coworker and boss for a large portion of that time.
www.mccallie.org /news/summer2000/lewis.htm   (1028 words)

  
 Caltech Press Release, 10/9/1995, Edward Lewis, Thomas Everhart
Lewis, 77, is renowned for his work on the genetics of Drosophila fruit flies.
In the 1950s Lewis played a key role in discovering and explaining the role of homeotic genes, genes that influence how the undifferentiated cells in a fertilized embryo separate into a head and a tail end, and how the eyes, legs, antennae, and other organs all form in their correct positions.
Lewis, a native of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, earned his BA in 1939 from the University of Minnesota, and his PhD in 1942 from Caltech.
pr.caltech.edu /media/Press_Releases/PR11675.html   (318 words)

  
 SacObserver.com [BUSINESS] Q&A: Ed Lewis On Essence Sale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Lewis: It’s a decision that was made by the board of directors that represents the shareholders and we all feel very, very good that the shareholders will all be in agreement with regard to this decision.
Lewis: My thoughts are that my starting Essence – and my colleagues – when we did 35 years ago and which will continue, we are always going to represent African American women; represent their viewpoint; represent their voice; and Time Inc. has no desire with regard to changing the content of Essence Magazine.
Lewis: Businesses were starting during the Depression, during downturns, during recessions, and I think one has to have a real desire to want to have something of your own.
www.sacobserver.com /business/011305/qa_lewis_essence.shtml   (2118 words)

  
 Ed Lewis - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Lewis outlived most of his contemporaries and had long periods where he worked very steady but strangely enough his technical skills doomed him to obscurity.
After brief stints with the groups of Paul Banks and Laura Rucker, Lewis was a key player with the Bennie Moten Orchestra (1926-32) where he was the main trumpet soloist (a bit influenced by Bix Beiderbecke), at least until Hot Lips Page joined the band.
Ed Lewis (who never led his own record date) did emerge a little bit near the end of his life when he toured Europe with the Countsmen in 1984, but he had deserved many more opportunities decades earlier to display his talents.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,591874,00.html   (334 words)

  
 Crystal River Fishing Report, by Captain Ed Lewis
Captain Ed Lewis is a 4th generation Floridian, fishing the Gulf waters for over 30 years.
Ed fishes out of a new Hewes 19' Refisher Tunnel Hull powered by a 140 Suzuki four stroke and fully equipped with state of the art electronics.
A day on the water with Captain Ed is a refreshing fishing trip, an educational adventure and a heck of a lot of fun.
www.cyberangler.com /reports/fl/lewis/archive/2004-03-20.htm   (699 words)

  
 Duh-ee! Don't Use Your Poor Logic To Mislead People Ed Lewis (Reply) (2-02)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Another place where ed tries to fool our readers is in placing meaning on the word creator in that document that is nearly impossible to establish by the document itself, and is flat-out impossible to establish by the authors of that document.
Through such attempts at intimidation, ed ends up supporting a form of terrorism that, on the surface, appears benign, but which, in the long run, seeks to have already made, from the beginning, second-class citizens of those who do not boast of the same advantages of which ed and his ilk claim to enjoy.
Liberty, on the other hand, allows both ed and ed's group to flourish on the same terms and with the same dignity as Cliff and everybody else who has gone through the changes that are required to enjoy American citizenship.
www.positiveatheism.org /mail/eml8533.htm   (1325 words)

  
 LICENSED PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
Edward Lewis

Edward Lewis is a graduate of Pacific Lutheran University.
He once served as backstage body guard at a Beach Boys Concert and was a self defense instructor for one of the northwest chapters of the Guardian Angels.
Lewis also was the NW Regional Director for KICK (Karate International Council of Kickboxing-Chuck Norris International Advisor).
www.angelfire.com /biz/lpiserve   (521 words)

  
 Ed Lewis Chapel Talk
Lewis as a teacher of World Religions, as advisor to the Senate and to the Discipline Committee, as the Dean of Faculty and, most recently, as the Assistant to the Headmaster.
At a time when computers were a novelty and chemistry calculations were still performed on a slide rule, Ed Lewis saw what the future of technology could be and became McCallie’s first computer programmer.
Ed Lewis has never avoided a challenge, and he has never relied on just what he already knew to solve the problems of the future.
www.mccallie.org /dailynews/0500/EdLewis.htm   (1522 words)

  
 Lewis Carroll biography
Lewis Carroll is the pseudonym of the English writer and mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, b.
In his diversions as a photographer and author of comic fantasy, he is most memorable and original--the man who, for example, contributed, in "Jabberwocky," the word chortle, a portmanteau word that combines "snort" and "chuckle," to the English language.
DONALD J. Bibliography: Bloom, Harold, ed., Lewis Carroll (1987); Carroll, Lewis, The Diaries of Lewis Carroll, ed.
www.insite.com.br /rodrigo/text/lewis_carroll.html   (501 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Caltech Nobel laureate Ed Lewis dead at 86   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Ed Lewis, a 1995 Nobel Prize winner for his studies into how genes regulate development of specific regions of the body, has died of cancer.
A member of the Caltech faculty since 1946, Lewis spent his life working on the genetics of the fruit fly.
In 1957 Lewis wrote in a campus article about his success in causing the normally two-winged flies to mutate with four wings by bombarding them with X-rays.
www.usatoday.com /tech/news/2004-07-23-edlewis-obit_x.htm   (520 words)

  
 Memorable Quotes from Deliverance (1972)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Lewis: I was wondering if you and your brother could take a couple of trucks down to Aintry for us.
Ed and Lewis are driving to find the river and come to a dead end] Well, we fucked up.
Lewis: Because they're buildin' a dam across the Cahulawassee River; they're gonna flood a whole valley, Bobby, that's why.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0068473/quotes   (714 words)

  
 PAL: Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951)
Storm in the West, by Sinclair Lewis and Dore Schary.
Why Sinclair Lewis got the Nobel prize; address by Erik Axel Karlfeldt, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, at the Nobel festival December 10, 1930, and address by Sinclair Lewis before the Swedish Academy December 12, 1930.
Tanner, Stephen L. "Sinclair Lewis and Fascism." Studies in the Novel 22.1 (Sprg 1990): 57-66.
www.csustan.edu /english/reuben/pal/chap7/lewis.html   (504 words)

  
 The Professional Wrestling Online Museum - Champions - Ed "the Strangler" Lewis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Over the span of 11 years Lewis held the title of World Heavyweight Champion four times.
In the early 1940s, Lewis gained the MWA Title belt which he held for over six months.He was later named the first commissioner for the sport of Professional Wrestling.
Lewis died after a series of illnesses in 1966 at his home in Oklahoma.
www.wrestlingmuseum.com /pages/bios/strangler2.html   (155 words)

  
 Ed Lewis
Ed Lewis has extensive experience as a teacher, curriculum writer, educational consultant and university lecturer as follows:
He is currently a lecturer at the Strathfield campus of ACU National where he works in the area of mathematics education and is completing a doctorate concerning male role models in teaching.
Lewis E. and Grant, J. Using Print Resources in Teaching Primary Mathematics, Pamphlet no. 45.
dlibrary.acu.edu.au /Flagships/maths_educ/EdLewisprofile.htm   (673 words)

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